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2. The poster doesn’t initially give much away about the
movie, but does introduce the audience to the main
characters that the film will be based around. The
audience are also left wonder what Trainspotting
actually means as the characters costumes are clearly
not your typical old train spotter.
Each character is shown in very different attire from
one another but they all point towards partying and
going out. For example; Sick Boy’s suit and unhinged
tie, or Begbies smart shirt and bling accessories. This
is done to help the audience see what kind of person
the characters are and begin them creating relations
and relatabilities. Another example would be how
some one Begbie is shown with an open body and
rude hand gesture showing he is dominant and
outgoing. Whereas Renton has his arms folded which
connotes an introvert and someone who is scared.
These relatabilities will draw people in to see what
other connections they have with the characters, and
to see how these different personalities make up a
friendship group.

3. As I touched upon in the previous slide, each
character has an individual dressing style,
personality and characteristics that are shown
through the use of Mise-En-Scene, it is also
displayed by the use of these dog tag type
numberings with their names capsulated inside.
It gives them a separate number, which could
be connoted as their individuality/identity.
Their individual stances and body language also
help define them as their own persona. For
example Renton has his arms crossed telling the
audience he is quite reserved, and Begbie is
swearing at the camera connoting that he is
arrogant and an extrovert. The numbers by
their names could also connote the stages of
heroine use, which is apparent throughout the
film and is being subliminally messaged to the
audience here.

4. The main image is a black and white image of all
the most important characters throughout the
film, it is essentially in a ranking order, however,
the main character is ranked ‘#5’ so the ranking
order could have a different meaning.
The Film title itself is white and bold and placed
on a yellow mustard colour block, making it
stand out from the tonal background, making it
the focal point of the poster.
The billing block is in the conventional place of
the bottom of the poster, its in a small, white
font that does not detract the audience from
the main image. It holds all the important
information, some of the fundamental parts in
the same yellow as the main film title colour
block, making them stand out for the viewer to
see and highlighting them as key facts the
audience will need to know, in this case the
soundtrack, as it features well-known names
such as Blur and Iggy Pop.

5. The film rating is small in size, however, placed beside
the film title on a bold colour block, making it stand out
to the audience above less important information. A
film review is placed at the top of the film poster in a
font that is almost as big as the main film title.
‘Hollywood come in…your time is up’ this part to the
film review is larger and draws the attention of the
audience to the 5 star rating.
The actor names are actually not visible on the film
poster however, the character names are. They are
placed next to the character image, following the icon
‘#’ and their ranking or number.
There is a very plain colour palette to the Trainspotting
film poster, the background image is black and white.
The only spot of colour on the entire film poster is the
block colour behind the film title and the name labels
for the main characters, this draws the audiences
attention to this information, deeming it as important.